The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by British soldiers on March 5, 1770.The 5 victims were:
-Samuel Gray
-Crispus Attucks
-Patrick Carr
-James Caldwell and
-Samuel Maverick
The trials....
In late autumn of the same year of the Boston Massacre, 1770 when public excitement had decrease , Captain Preston and his soldiers were sentenced for murder before a court in Boston.Josiah Quincy, Jr., and John Adams were counsel for the prisoners. They were known as ardent patriots, their acceptance of the task of defending these prisoners offended many of their compatriots.
In late autumn of the same year of the Boston Massacre, 1770 when public excitement had decrease , Captain Preston and his soldiers were sentenced for murder before a court in Boston.Josiah Quincy, Jr., and John Adams were counsel for the prisoners. They were known as ardent patriots, their acceptance of the task of defending these prisoners offended many of their compatriots.
Robert Treat Paine(a signer of the Declaration of Independence) was the counsel for the crown. Preston and six of the soldiers were absolve by a Boston jury.The other two the soldier who killed Attucks, and another who shot Maverick were convicted of man-slaughter only, and for that they were each branded in the hand with a hot iron, in open court, and discharged.The trial was victory for the colonists.
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